Tuesday, 7 July 2015

1977: STAR WARS: THE MARVEL COMICS ILLUSTRATED PAPERBACK (Dell Ray)

From November 1977: The US paperback reprint of Marvel's STAR WARS movie adaptation.

Once Marvel realized they had a sell-out hit on their hands (surprise!), they scrambled to get the six-issue adaptation back into print in as many formats as possible. The early issues of the regular comic (which Marvel snagged royalty-free, because Lucas and Fox were desperate for the exposure) went back to press for a rare second printing and, in addition to this paperback, Marvel also supersized with two (and latterly a third) treasury editions.

Unlike some of Marvel's other comics-to-paperback transfers, this one has black and white interiors. The paperback editions of the sequels were upgraded to colour.

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Welcome to STARLOGGED!
It's a repository, and celebration, of Geek Media (mostly print) from the 'Star Age': that pre-millennial period between, roughly, 1972 (the opening of Marvel UK) and 1999 (the release of The Phantom Menace... and the end of innocence). But, of course, we'll bend the rules when we want to.
I only reproduce long out-of-print items for historical reference. I don't include anything that's currently in-print, is likely to be reprinted or otherwise commercially exploited by the copyright holder.
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